American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia. Bringing America and Australia closer together through the visual arts, since 1983.
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AusArt Scholarship applications are open
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AAA-AFNGA AusArt Scholarship is open now.
Deadline is March 31, 2021
Find out more & apply today! bit.ly/3FXAWSl
Discussion on Jeffrey Smart to be held via livestream on Thursday 24th Feb at 6pm AEDT.
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President of American Friends, Michael Maher interviewed Jeffrey Smart in 2005.
In 2005, journalist Michael Maher travelled to Italy to interview Jeffrey Smart at his 18th-century farmhouse, Posticcia Nuova, in Arezzo in the Tuscan countryside.
📖 Read online
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#JeffreySmart #NationalGalleryAU
AFNGA Advisory Board member Helen Drutt will be speaking at the HCCC on their current exhibition "Rings! 1968-2021".
On 2/24 at 6-7PM CT tune in on FB Live for a conversation & exploration of "Rings! 1968 – 2021", with craft advocate Helen Drutt; curator Elizabeth Essner; & current resident & exhibiting artist, Nash Quinn!
Tune in at 6:00 PM CST to watch!
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Artist in the NGA collection, Lena Nyadbi has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
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2021 marks 100 years since the birth of acclaimed Australian artist Jeffrey Smart. To celebrate and commemorate this significant centenary, the National Gallery will hold a major exhibition of his work.
Opening on Dec 11.
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Andrea Wise, Senior Conservator, Paper, explains the process and details of the conservation preparation of the works by Ethel Spowers and Eveline Syme
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MICHAEL MAHER, an Australian New Yorker and President of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, explains its mission of mutual cultural enrichment.
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American Friends NGA retweeted
'I try to draw attention to the inside space in my work. I try to energise the emptiness. The shadow compresses the emptiness.' Bronwyn Oliver was born #otd 1959.
See her work in #KnowMyName
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[#BronwynOliver, 'Garland', 2006, purchased 2008]
Kelli Cole revisits the work of Anmatyerre woman Emily Kame Kngwarreye in the national collection.
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Joan Mitchell: Worlds of Colour is the first solo exhibition of Joan Mitchell’s work in Australia and runs 13 February to 26 April 2021.
Joan Mitchell's works are part of the Kenneth Tyler Collection at the National Gallery of Australia.
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Join the Aust CG for a conversation with Dr Melissa Chiu on Australia Day eventbrite.com/e/join-us-on-…
Our next Art Talks event on the exciting global movement to promote women artists is about to go 'live' ! Click on the link below to view our panel discussion on YouTube Premiere.
KNOW MY NAME - How many women artists do you know the name of ?
[Anne Wallace, She Is 2007, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Australia Purchased 2002 © Anne Wallace]
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Join the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia for our next ART TALKS event, a compelling discussion about the worldwide move to give women artists the recognition they're long overdue.
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Next on our 'ART TALKS' series from New York …. how the world’s galleries and museums are finally giving women the recognition they’re long overdue.
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[Rosemary Laing, flight research #6, 1999, National Gallery of Australia Purchased 2001 © Rosemary Laing]
International movement to write women back into art history taken up locally by National Gallery of Australia.
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Know My Name exhibition at the NGA, Nov 2020 - July 2021.
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